Linkin Park is a band that was created in 1993. Since they never got themselves any concerts or anything, they decided to change their name.So,they changed their band name to Linkin Park. The band consists of Mike Shinoda,Chester Bennington,Joseph Hahn,Dave Michael Farell (Phoenix),Rob Bourdon, and Brad Delson. During the 90's, their genre of music was starting to go because of genres like hip hop. Linkin Park was the only band to end the 90's really popular. Their legacy started with Brad Delson and Mike Shinoda when they started a band which they named Xero. Throughout their time without Chester, they had people come and go in the band. Then, they signed a label with Zomba records and changed their name to "Hybrid Theory." They started to get shows at places in L.A., but they started to search for a new singer. One of the workers said he knew a guy in Phoenix who would be glad to make an audition. When Chester got the call, he said he would. Within 3 days, he made a demo, let the people at Zomba records listen to it, and flew out to southern California. When he played the demo for them, they loved it and Chester officially became part of the band. After, they decided to change their name after they weren't getting a lot of shows. Since Chester liked to go to Lincoln Park in Santa Monica, and all of them liked the way it sounded, they all decided to change the name to "Linkin Park." In 2000, they released their first album, Hybrid Theory, in honor of their original name. In 2003, they released their next album as part of their legacy, Meteora. About 4 years later,they came out with the album Minutes To Midnight. The band then changed their whole sound after their last song with their old sound, What I've Done. The latest album of their legacy that came out on September 14, A Thousand Suns. Now, the band never takes any tours anywhere.Mike Shinoda later took a break from the band to become a lawyer.Linkin Park has become widely popular world wide. The band is extremely popular in Germany. The band also sang with rappers like Lil Wayne. They never made any other albums besides the four below. Now,they work with Zomba Records.
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